Manchester Evening News: 3,500 jobs and £10bn boost if north west embraces fracking

Fracking firm IGas say Greater Manchester could become part a fracking ‘centre of excellence’ - with 300 wells.

The firm says they believe 3,500 jobs could be created around the north west region if they opened 30 shale gas sites, each with ten wells, in the region.

A report commissioned by the firm also says drilling for gas could give the economies of Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Liverpool and Warrington a £10bn boost.

The report’s figures are based on 300 wells being drilled in the region between 2017 and 2031. It says that an average of £466m would be generated for fracking for shale gas per year over 20 years with the first three wells would be sunk by 2017.
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